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Newspaper
Wheeling Sunday Register
Location
Wheeling, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Sep 24, 1893
Page
7
Fragmented clippings recount heated debates in Congress over silver and taxation, a Wabash rail wreck blamed on alleged negligence, attendance notes for the World’s Fair in Chicago, and social tales from Wheeling and Massachussetts communities. Names include Parttsay, Connery, and Gov. Parttsoy with scattered local mentions.
A circulating report claimed US Glass Company managers were instructed to prepare for nonunion operation at local plants. The Manufacturers Association, after talks with American Glass, decided not to pressure for an across-the-board settlement, though some plants could start up nonunion. The dispute centers on summer stops and the turn system, with unions resisting changes that could boost production and threaten employment. A company official may visit, with local managers possibly traveling to Pittsburgh. Meanwhile a separate plan aims to establish a new industrial plant near town with 850,000 capital and about 400 jobs if started. Riverside Steel Works halted for a week to allow plate mills to catch up, and wage cuts for day laborers affecting about 50 workers were posted notices indicate. Various local business and social notes follow, including factory renovations, residents’ travels, and community events.
A roundup of small town notices and incidents from South Side and nearby areas includes a civil court citizenship intent, Sept 26 27 28 fair dates, marriages licensed, a yard conductor injured, a Riverside mill injury misidentified, train delays from a Chicago Junction wreck, factory payrolls and payments, a Golden Eagle gathering, spiritualist parlors opening, a gruesome street tale, land records, interlock issues on railroads, a concert schedule, juvenile street fight, a flag-raising ceremony, a Pabst gutter sanitation complaint, and obituary of Emma Ziegler with large funeral cortege.
A four year old boy, Willie Malstick, was struck by a South Side streetcar near Forty fifth street and left with head gash and bruises. he was placed under medical care and shown improving. Other reports recount a near-miss with a freight train at Forty-third street, a wagon accident on Boggs run, a bicycle collision on Chapline street, a hand cut by a penknife, and an official pension claims total of 700,279 awaiting action.
A string of death notices and funeral details dated September with multiple families named. Fletcher at Elwood Pa records, a 54 year old wife Monty Ramp, and interment details at Peninsula. Ella Loud with grandparents in Henwood, Mt Zion cemetery. Ziegler and Dissnous obituaries with ages 27 and unspecified dates. infant Sauragens age 2 months 1 week. various funeral times and residences noted.
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